William Smith
End User Support Specialist, Tarleton State University
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While I appreciate the enthusiasm for 8K, I’ll be honest—I’m not interested. When a manufacturer brings it up to me, I usually laugh and stop listening. Why? Because content is king. And where is the 8K content? Honestly, for the higher ed vertical I’m still asking, where’s the 4K content?
I don’t want 8K. I don’t even want 4K. The reality is that these ultra-high resolutions often shrink down our content elements so much they become unusable in a classroom setting. Nobody is designing educational content with these resolutions in mind, and the end result is often worse, not better, for teaching and learning.
So until and unless display manufacturers get content creators on board to actually design and deliver meaningful, high-res educational content, please stop trying to sell me anything above HD. I’m only going to downscale it anyway.
Troy,
As someone in higher ed AV/IT I completely agree with you on this. While I am very excited about new emerging technology we also have to have content to not only warrant the purchase but to also be able to get use out of it. I myself am still struggling to see the content and need for 4K. Maybe just for new installs to future proof for content later on is all.